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I got Eldritch Horror last week. It's... fine? It's fun enough I suppose, but because I'm a massive nerd I'm more interested in mechanics then narrative or theme and there's not really a lot of game under the hood there. Still, my gf enjoyed it (I swear she's a closeted RPG player) and some Arkham Horror-loving friends are coming over at the weekend to play.

Combined with Pandemic-lite board traversing to deal with threats. Like, if you removed all the fluff and flavour text (which of course is the entire point of the game) there would be very little left.

Which is fine. It generates tension and stories and oozes theme, and that's great. But it's not thinky enough for me. I'm sure we'll have a great time with our friends at the weekend though, so it's all good.